[42] p. (last 2 blank), 67 leaves of plates ; [2] p. (the last blank), 43 leaves of plates : 40 cm. (fol.)

Catalog of plants for sale at Frankfurt fair in 1612, and later in Amsterdam

Engraved t.p. Port. of Sweert, 2nd leaf. Ill. copied from plates in Johann Theodor de Bry's Florilegium of 1611, in turn copied from Pierre Vallet's Jardin du roy tres chrestien Henry IV, 1608. See Hunt botanical cat

Pt. 2 has special added letterpress t.p.: Florilegii pars secunda, in qua agitur de praecipuis plantis et floribus fibrosas radices habentibus, nec non arboribus speciosis et odoriferis, quibus horti in utraque Germania decorantur / opera & impensis Emanuelis Sweertii ... Francofurti : Ex officina typographica Erasmi Kempfferi, anno M.DC.XII

Signatures: [3 stars]-2[3 stars]⁶ 3[3 stars]-4[3 stars]⁴ ... pi1. The 3 stars are arranged in inverted triangle

Includes indexes

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